On 10/20/07, Mick Nelson <micknelson@...12...> wrote:
For example, picture a "Property Of" t-shirt. There is usually a rectangle in the middle with XXL inside it.
How do I make the rectangle, have the XXL on the inside such that the color of the shirt shows through?
In addition to the method described by the other replies, there's a technique you can use to make a text-shaped hole in an object without converting the text to a path. The advantage to that is that you can go back and edit the text later if you need to.
1. Create your rectangle with its fill. 2. Duplicate the rectangle (Ctrl-D). 3. Set the duplicate's fill to pure white. 4. Create your text, make sure it's black. 5. Group the white rectangle and text. (Select both and Ctrl-G.) 6. Select the group and the original rectangle and do Object > Mask > Set.
Another benefit is that the original rectangle is still a rectangle that can be modified with the rectangle-specific handles. There's also a way to make sure the mask stays in sync when you edit the rectangle this way, but I won't go into it in this message. If you're interested, check out my guide on making holes in Inkscape (open in Inkscape for best rendering):
http://kelan.freeshell.org/inkscape-holes.svgz
Kurt